INDEX. 



613 



Sonp, clam, 293. 



Spasms, 4-59. 



Spavin and ringbone, care for, 149. 



Spinach, 95; 



to cook, 296. 

 Spirals, 332. 

 Sponge drops, 341; 



garden, a, 400. 

 Sponges, 517. 

 Spotting, to prevent, 4S1. 

 Sprains and braises, 418. 

 Squash caltare, 92. 



stuffed, 295; 



scalloped, 298. 

 Squashes, keeping winter, 91. 

 Stable noors, t->est material for, 148. 

 Stables, sawdust for, 151; 



horse, flies in, 152. 

 Staining woods, 487. 

 Stains and spots, for the removal of, 



4H3: 



to remove from the hands, etc., 509; 



to remove from broadcloth, 616; 



to take from marble, 516; 



coffee or milk, to remove, 526; 



iodine, removing, 528; 



to remove from tableware, 529. 

 Stall, kickinir in the, 145. 

 Statu men np, 447. 

 gtauil, visiting card. 374; 



for cigar ashes, 377; 

 • rustic flower, 395; 



a home made flower. 410. 

 Starch, gum arable, 479; 



to prevent lumps in. 481; 



potato, to make, 481 ; 



alum m, 481. 

 Bteak. the right way to cook, 290. 

 Sicel articles, to clean, 516. 

 gtew, Irish, 296. 

 agings, l)ee, 456. 

 Btitch, star, 379. 



9tock, an inexpensive relish for, 155; 

 . cheap shelter for. 164; 



feed rjick for, 166; 



feeding, science applied to, 166; 



roots for, 171; 



mixing hay for, 172; 



carrots for, 172; 



overfeeding. 176. 

 Stockings, faded blue, to restore, 482; 



to color blue. 515. 

 Stomach, sickness of, 448; 



acl.1, 457. 

 Stove, clinkers in a. to destroy, 527; 



a, to give a fine, brilliant appearance. 

 529; 



pipe, for rusty, 530; 

 Stoves, to blacken. 523. 

 Strawl)errie8. preparing soil for. 131; 



\T^en.to plant, 131; 



ceverintr, 132; 



cnltivatioa of, 133. 

 Strawberry vines, winter protection of. 

 136; 



Ijed, setting a, 136. 

 Straw, how to stack. 36: 

 Streaking. ^^Kvent. 4S0. 

 St <i tups, rj^^^ the laud of, 26.; 



blastiuj 



low to sta 

 ig. ^^Ee^ 



. rJ^^Bi 



Stamps, buming, 2T3. 



Stye on the eyelid, 45L 



Succotash. 297. 



Sugar, save your, .514. 



Suggestions, general, to those intending 



to build, 12. 

 Sunburn, 465. 

 Sunstroke. 454; 



to prevent. 457. 

 Superphosphate, home made, 76. 

 Swallow, protect the, 275. 

 Swarms, how to catch, 240. 

 Sweeping. 512. 



Sweet potatoes, how to keep, 49. 

 Swill, poisonous, 183. 

 Swine, sanitary management of, ITT; 



preparing food for, 181; 



raising, 182. 

 Syllabub, Staffordshire, 345. 

 Syrup, lemon. 312. 

 Table covers, etc., 354; 



etiquette. 488: 



for housewives, a useful, 516. 

 Tables, to remove marks from, 523. 

 Taffy, sugar. 347. 

 Tart, orange, 333. 

 Teata, obstructed, 169. 

 Teeth, the, 465. 



Telephone, a cheap, to make, 499. 

 Tetter, 459. 

 Throat, sore, 419; 



foreign bodies in the, 460. 

 Tidy, a pretty, 350; 



crochet macrame, 3.52. 

 Tinware, to clean, 528. 

 Toads, a good word for, 275. 

 Toast, tomato, 301; 



JYench, 309. 

 Tobacco growing, about, 56; 



sulphur and. 99; 



cultivation of, 100; 



antidote, 457. 

 Toe nails. Ingrowing, 446. 

 Tomato culture. 89; 



plants, training, 90; 



butter. 306. 

 Tomatoes, late, 90; 



training. 101; 



excellent way to cook, 296; 



scalloped, 299; 



onions and, 299; 



baked, for breakfast, 300; 



fried. 30i; 



preserved. 306. 

 Tongue, pickled, 287; 



cold on toast, 289; 



boiled, 290; 



roasted, 290. 

 Tongues, how to pickle, 288. 

 Tool, a convenient. 247; 



house, a farm, 248. 

 Tools, home made, 243; 



farm, keep sharp, 254. 

 Toothache, 417. 

 Top-dressing, 78; 



ijone dust for, 73; 



In winter, 80; 

 Towels, should be thorouglUy dried, iSi: 



tiie care of. 507. 

 TrBUsiiarency, Uoial, 367. 



